Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting
Objective, subjective data similar between patients with, without peripheral nondegenerative MMTs
LOS ANGELES — No differences were found in objective and subjective results between patients with peripheral nondegenerative medial meniscus tears treated with trephination alone and a control group without meniscus tears, according to results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.
PRP may be superior to hyaluronic acid for improvement of pain, function in patients with OA
LOS ANGELES — Use of intra-articular platelet-rich plasma significantly improved pain and function in patients with osteoarthritis at 6 months and may be a superior alternative to hyaluronic acid, according to study findings presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.
Older patients experience worse outcomes following hip arthroscopy for FAI
LOS ANGELES — Following hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement, patients older than 45 years of age had worse outcomes compared with younger patients, according to a presenter here.
Arthroscopy improved functional scores among dysplastic hip morphologies
LOS ANGELES — Although patients with mild to borderline dysplastic hip morphologies experienced improved functional scores after arthroscopy, they had inferior good to excellent scores and higher failure rates compared with a femoroacetabular impingement cohort, according to a presenter here.
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair effective in treatment of elderly patients
LOS ANGELES — Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair was a highly effective treatment in patients older than 70 years, according to results of a study presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.
Symptomatic FAI favorably treated with arthroscopy
LOS ANGELES — Symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement developed in adolescents through athletic activities can be treated favorably with arthroscopy, according to data presented here at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.
No significant association likely between preoperative antibiotics and deep, superficial infection
LOS ANGELES — No statistically significant association was found between preoperative antibiotic use and either deep or superficial infection after knee arthroscopy, according to results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.
Tenodesis improves ASES scores in younger patients with rotator cuff tears larger than 4 cm
LOS ANGELES — Compared with tenotomy, tenodesis had nearly double the improvement in ASES score among younger patients with larger rotator cuff tears, according to results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.
High isokinetic-strength, functional testing score may lead to higher knee strength, activity level
LOS ANGELES — Patients who had an excellent performance on isokinetic-strength and functional testing 6 months after ACL reconstruction exhibited superior knee strength and higher activity levels at mid-term follow-up, according to a presenter here.
Anti-PDGF, anti-VEGF combination for neovascular AMD well tolerated
MIAMI — An anti-PDGF agent combined with an anti-VEGF was well-tolerated by patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration, according to results of a phase 1 clinical trial.